Apr

12

Go in, get rid of the nukes/regime, leave

April 12, 2006 | 4 Comments

Once again, we face a choice between bad and worse options. There can be no “surgical” strike in any meaningful sense: Iran’s clients on the ground will retaliate in Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Europe. Nor should we put much stock in the country’s allegedly “pro-American” youth. This shouldn’t be a touchy-feely nation-building exercise: rehabilitation may […]

Apr

12

Iran to World: Piss Off

April 12, 2006 | 6 Comments

Iran announced Tuesday it had successfully enriched uranium to make nuclear fuel, a dramatic breakthrough in its disputed atomic drive that defies a UN Security Council demand for the work to be halted.
The announcement came just 15 days before the expiry of a Security Council deadline for Iran to freeze enrichment — a process that […]

Apr

11

But there is some spine left in Europe

April 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment

European Union foreign ministers said Monday they have endorsed a freeze of direct financial aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
“There will be no aid to [Hamas] government organizations, but we will maintain humanitarian aid,” said Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot.
“The Palestinian people have opted for this government, so they will have to bear the consequences.” […]

Apr

11

The mind reels

April 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Matthias, based in Shanghai, has been chasing pirates and counterfeiters on behalf of Rouse clients for eight years. She has tracked down and brought to heel the makers of unlicensed Beanie Babies and Teletubbies. The latter were special fakes since – besides looking cuddly and weird – they also sang Spice Girl songs. “That was […]

Apr

11

Grit Beauty Parade

April 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment

How lucky the Alberta Liberal is. Not a member elected but first up for the Canadian Idol/Who, me, a Liberal Beauty contest. Calgary Grit was there and is well worth reading. here he is on Hedy Fry:
Hedy Fry: Gave us a nice history of the Liberal Pary and talked a lot about Canada. What she […]

Apr

11

Adieu

April 11, 2006 | 4 Comments

French President Jacques Chirac has announced that the new youth employment law that sparked weeks of sometimes violent protests will be scrapped.
He said it would be replaced by other measures to tackle youth unemployment.bbc
Welcome to the third world France. There is nothing so delightful than to see real people power standing in front of the […]

Apr

8

Matt Welch and Blogging’s evolution

April 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I had launched my blog (or shall I say “warblog,” which is what I named it, apparently coining a term I’ve come to loathe) five days after the September 11 massacre and almost immediately found myself swept up in an exhilarating whirlwind of grassroots media creation. As a consumer, it was exponentially more edifying to […]

Apr

8

how to deal with elected terrorists

April 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment

“Haniyeh is to tell Abu Mazen (Abbas) tonight that Hamas is able to adopt the two-state solution as a platform of the Cabinet. But we know Israel doesn’t accept us. We want to give room for movement and to lift international pressure on the Cabinet,” the senior official said.ap
The Israelis dismiss the Hamas waltz […]

Apr

6

Coco replies

April 6, 2006 | 7 Comments

Hi, Coco the Currie cat here.
Recently evilcon nogoodnik Kevin Michael Grace - and would you trust a guy who publishes under three names….shades of John Ralston Saul - published what he claims is my un-retouched likeness on his weblog. His commentary states “but that was before my discovery of its scarifying talent for transmogrification.” That […]

Apr

6

Why I read “Spengler”

April 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment

As a matter of fact, I also like Tom better than Jerry, and recently stopped watching the cartoon when at length it became clear to me that the cat never would be allowed to win. My sympathy for Bolkhari’s position, though, does not prevent me from pointing out some facts: (1) the Disney company […]

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